So, I was a Video Game Producer and our company had a booth at E-3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in Los Angeles and at another companies booth they were promoting a baseball game where Orlando Cepeda was appearing live! The deal was if play the video game with Orlando and if you hit a home run that he pitched to you… you would win an autographed photo from Orlando!
It knew it wasn’t easy, because I saw Orlando strike out several people before me. So, when it was my turn, it took a couple pitches for me to get used to how the timing of how the game worked. So with his next pitch, I hit a homer! He was very funny and animated with his response to me, putting his hands on his face letting out a loud, “Oohhhhhh! Why did I throw that pitch to you?!?!” I walked over to him, he signed the picture, high fived me and said, “Good eye!”
RIP Orlando!
